Brother, 2 sisters held in Joliet shooting

August 27, 2009

A 21-year-old Joliet man was in critical condition at Loyola University Hospital today and a 29-year-old Joliet man and his two sisters were in the Will County Adult Detention Facility following a Wednesday evening argument that turned into a melee, police said.

Tyrone Henderson, 29, of the 200 block of North Hickory Street, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of felony trespass to a residence in connection with the alleged incident on the 100 block of Logan Avenue.

Tasha Henderson, 23, and Tuesday Henderson, 20, also of North Hickory, are charged with felony trespass to a residence. Bail had not been set today for any of the Hendersons, according to the Will County Adult Detention Facility Web site.

Michael D. Amos was transported to Silver Cross Hospital with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and leg Wednesday, and then transferred to Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, Joliet Police Chief Fred Hayes said today. A hospital spokesman didn't respond this afternoon to requests for Amos' condition.

Amos and his ex-girlfriend were arguing at his mother's home on the 100 block Logan Avenue when she called Tyrone Henderson on her cell phone, Hayes said. The Hendersons arrived shortly afterward "and entered the home uninvited," Hayes said.

During the ensuing melee, Tyrone Henderson grappled with Amos, as Amos' 19-year-old brother was hit over the head with a microwave oven, Hayes said.

Police received a 911 call of shots fired at 8:37 p.m. and, en route, received a second "shots fired" call, Hayes said.

As police walked up to the residence, "a resident opened the door and yelled, 'Someone's been shot by the people in the black Buick,'" Hayes said.

Police spotted the Hendersons getting into a black 1999 Buick Park Avenue and ordered them to stop. The vehicle, driven by Tuesday Henderson, allegedly left the scene, but was stopped by police a few blocks away, Hayes said.

Police have not recovered the weapon, Hayes said.

The woman who called Henderson has not been charged with a crime, Hayes said.